- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- Butcher of the Balkans
- Sloba
- Height5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
- Slobodan Milosevic (20 August 1941 - 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, from 1989 to 1992) and president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. Formerly a high-ranking member of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS) during the 1980s, he led the Socialist Party of Serbia from its foundation in 1990 until 2003.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseMira Markovic(March 1965 - March 11, 2006) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenMarija Milosevis
- ParentsSvetozar MilosevicStanislava Resanovic
- RelativesBorislav Milosevic(Sibling)Milisav Koljensic(Aunt or Uncle)
- On April 1, 2001, he was arrested in Belgrade on local charges ranging from corruption to abuse of his authority.
- September 2000: Following the first round of the Yugoslavian presidential election, the opposition disputed the official results that had his adversary, Vojislav Kostunica, winning slightly under 50% of the vote, thus requiring a run-off election. Following the 5 October coup d'etat (through which the Serbian government, not subject to election, was also captured), the national election commission chose to endorse the opposition's version of the results, and Milosevic reluctantly accepted this and conceded defeat to Kostunica.
- He's accused of ordering the killing of several hundred people and the expulsion of over 700,000 in Kosovo in 1998-1999, as well as of committing genocide during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.
- He became president of the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of Serbia and Montenegro, in 1997.
- Obtained a degree in law from University of Belgrade in 1964.
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